Fellowship Baptists are known for their commitment to church planting and to growth. But a complex set of disagreements over the issue of women in leadership and how those issues should be handled have led to the expulsion of eight…
This is my second local books round-up of 2026, covering 10 recent books from the Christian community. As always, there is a wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Dennis Danielson &…
“A ruling by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal which imposed a penalty of $750,000 on a trans heretic is as chilling in its implication as it is draconian in its punishment.” – Michael Higgins, National Post, February 24 “A…
The Business As Mission (BAM) movement has been growing stronger around the world over the past few years. ‘Business’ and ‘mission’ don’t seem quite such strange bedfellows any longer. But many Christians still have not had the opportunity to think…
An Anniversary Mass at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Kitsilano celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) February 17 – exactly 200 years since the missionary congregation was formally approved by Pope Leo XII. Canada was…
The Dal Schindell Gallery will host an artist talk featuring Joy Banks, with Shadia Qubti next Wednesday evening (February 25). They will discuss Banks’s exhibition: ‘The One and the Unfathomable Many: A Lament for Gaza,’ which will continue at the…
Harman Bhangu was impressed with his recent visit to a Christian school in his district, and made it clear that his comments were more than political. The Conservative MLA for Langley-Abbotsford wrote on X February 6: It was an honour…
The church relations team at Union Gospel Mission has gone to a lot of work to gather reflections on Lent from a diverse body of leaders in the areas where they work – Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Victoria.…
It’s a loss for the Midwest, but a gain for Canada’s west cost. A leading evangelical seminary is moving from the Chicago area to join Trinity Western University (TWU). A February 4 release from Trinity Western states: Trinity Western University…
Black History Month was recognized by the Canadian government in 1995. Locally, the BC Black History Awareness Society is particularly active in telling the stories of Black citizens. Among the more prominent people featured on the site are: James Douglas,…